Winchester Man Holds Two Legion Offices
B M Roszel of Winchester Virginia has been named state historian and chairman of the Department Americanism Commission for the Virginia American Legion. He also serves as historian for his post. Roszel was born in BaltimoreMD and holds AB and PhD degrees from Johns Hopkins University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Roszel
Winchester
Virginia Department of the American Legion
Department
Americanism Commission
Baltimore
Mr. Roszel
Johns Hopkins University
Washington High School
Washington, D. C
Roszel
Sewanee Grammar School
University of the South
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Queen of Legion Carnival Queen Tillie Olsen Hosts Fundraiser
Miss Tillie Olsen has become Queen of the Carnival in Faribault Minnesota as the American Legion post raises funds for post activities. She is not posing for a film and her role is to support the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillie Olsen
Faribault, Minn
The
American Legion
A E F Play Library Opens For American Legion Posts
A E F Play Library opens to posts of the American Legion to supply home talent productions. The musical comedy Sittin' Pretty features a dough boy posing as a French welfare worker, aiding AWOL soldiers, chaperoning noble daughters, and rescuing them from drowning in the River Cog nac. Library address is A E S Library 66 West Fortieth Street New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
France
Bureau
A. E. S. Library
West Fortieth Street
New York City
Vermont Legion membership leads in ex-service ratio
The Vermont Department of the American Legion has the highest proportion of Legion members to the number of ex-service men in the state, per National Headquarters records. North Dakota ranks second and South Dakota third in this ratio.
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Vermont
Legion Hikers Are Greeted On Southwest Tour
Van W. Bishop of Los Angeles Post No. 8 and Cr. G. Allison of San Francisco Irwin Post No. 98 travel from Los Angeles toward Mexico City covering over 1500 miles. They report American Legion posts in Yuma Tucson Bisbee Douglas hosting them with beds meals and local reunions during their trek toward El Paso or Laredo to enter Mexico.
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Southwest
American Legion
van W. Bishop
Cr. G. Allison
California
Los Angeles
Cal
Moxico City
Mexico
Bishop
Allison
Irwin
San Francisco
Legion
Fane
Yuma
Ariz
Tucson
Bisbee
Fime
Douglas
Legion Post
el Paso
Laredo
Tes
Legion Is His Middle Name
Jacob Teinowitz of Walter St Prague Post No. 161 in Chicago has changed his name to Jacob Legion Tenny to support an American nomenclature standard. He enlisted with the first contingent from Chicago and served overseas. Tenny is a lawyer and was a Democratic candidate for municipal judge in the last primary.
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Jacob Teinowitz
Walter St. Prague
American Legion
Chicago
Jacob Legion Tenny
Tenny
Teinowicz
Jacob
Legion
West Side
Global spread of American Legion posts outside U S
National headquarters lists fifty one posts outside the continental United States with seventeen foreign countries and three territorial possessions across four continents represented. Alaska and Hawaii host numerous posts, while Manila Cavite and other Pacific sites are named alongside Buenos Aires Brussels Rio de Janeiro Montreal Chuquicamata Shanghai Peking Havana London Guatemala City Paris La Rochelle and several more, totaling a wide international network.
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American Legion
United States
Ex-Srvice Men’s Organization
Anchorage
Valdez
Ketchian
Juneau
Seward
Wrangell
Fort Liscum
Cordova
Nome
Hames
Fairbanks
Sitka
Petersburg
Alaska
Honolulu
Kealia
Ililo
Guatemala
Pars
la Rochelle
Gierres
France
Cobhlentz
Germany
Tokyo
Yokohtama
Kobe
Japan
Mexico City
Tampico
Mesieco
Carro de Paseo
Peru
Balboa, Cristobal and Gatum
Panama
Warsaw
Poland
Santo Domingo
Curious Passenger Captain Sees Land Three Miles Away
A short dialogue in The American Legion Weekly features a passenger asking how far land is and the captain replying three miles. The exchange notes the water’s unclear appearance and the crew’s bemusement at not spotting shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Weekly
Illinois State News Highlights Looming Issues
Two hundred bakers expected at the 1921 state convention in Peoria May 17 to 19. Rosemont's People's Bank reopening planned by directors after suspension. Rock River clammers oppose fishing bans amid pollution concerns. Prohibition Chief Richardson's resignation effective March 31. East Moline asks steps to rename city. Local automaker show planned for April. Intercity railroads seek interstate rates. Illinois Traction case discussed. School fire safety urged. West Frankfort field project under way. Influenza milder this year. state cases show decline from 1920. Illinois auto dealers back state police bill. several officers elected in Peoria. 1921 Illinois tax forecast suggests up to 9.75 per 100 value, potential record revenues and a billion-dollar legislature outlook.
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Peoria
People’s Bank
Rosemond
Rock River
Kramer
Washington
Frank D Richardson
Chicago
Central States
American Legion
Tatchfield
East Moline
Moline
East Moliners
Fred
Kaufman
Uu- Nois
E. J. Quirk
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois Traction System
William B. McKkinley
State Normal School
N. H. Miller
State Department of Education and Registration
West Frankfort
Ilinois
State Department of Public Health
Illinois
H. B. Pinkerton
L. A. Peil
Morris Adler
Quincey
Ray C. Sharks
Champaign
Frank Jennings
Springfield
I. C. Zulliman
H. E. Halbert
R C. Cook
George C. Gale
Two Famous Yankee Ships Sold and Rechristened in Mexico
The Marblehead an aging U S gunboat sold to Mazatlan operator Jose Delallave is renamed Agua Prieta. The Bear coast guard cutter after two generations of Arctic service heads to San Diego as a training ship with a storied past including rescuing the Greeley expedition crew in 1884.
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Marblehead
Jose Delallave
Mazatlan
United States
Delallave
Bowman HB
McCalla
San Francisco
Navy
Snn
Coast Guard
Bear
San Diego
Schley
Frontier Revenue Service
Scotland
Kipling
Arctic Circle
North
Reforesting the Plains in Nebraska Sand Country
In Nebraska a vast treeless area of about twenty thousand square miles lies on sandy soil. Ancient sea-floor conditions left tree stumps, prompting the U S forest service to test reforestation. Eighteen years later about five thousand acres host young conifer forests with trees up to twenty five feet tall. A Halsey nursery grows two million seedlings yearly. A plow drills furrows and seeds trees in rows rather than planting individually.
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Nebraska
United States Forest Service
Halsey
Neb
The Never Satisfied Genius and Endless Revision
A reflection on genius demanding constant revision and endless striving. The text argues that true workers pursue perpetual improvement, recasting work as understanding deepens, while others lack patience to perfect their craft. It contrasts the restless ideal with lesser efforts.
Advice That Demands A Price For Its Value
A compact note reflects on advice given freely and the social cost of offering guidance. It suggests people will reject help unless a price is attached, echoing a satirical view attributed to Arkansas poet Thomas Cat.
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Arkansas
Thomas Cat
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Prompts Strong Endorsement
A letter from Elizabeth Corley of Edmund SC describes relief from nervousness and monthly illness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The advertorial note claims many women across the country report improvement and urges others to try the remedy.
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Edmund
S.C
Lydia E. Pinkham
Elizabeth C. Corley
A. P. Corley
S. C
Lydia K. Pinkham
Mrs. Corley
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